Blog posts with "Modern-Day Slavery"

The exploitation of Florida migrant workers under “‘sweatshop’ conditions, including sub-poverty wages, no right to overtime pay, and no right to organize”sometimes descends into debt bondage and other forms of modern-day slavery. In fact, Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Molloy once described the tomato fields of Florida as “ground zero for modern-day slavery.” In the midst of these oppressive conditions, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a grassroots organization in Southwest...